Improvement in eaevestee-deoppers



JACOB MILLER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

Letters Peeent 1ve.'72,52s, ezeteez Deeemzeee 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERDROPPERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB MILLER, of Canton, in the county of Stark, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iuDroppers for Harvesting-Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and' exact description ofthe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification,in which- I Figure 1 represents a top plan of the material portions of aharvesting-machine, much of the detail being omitted, and which lshowsthe dropper in place, and the mechanism for operating it from thedrivers seat;`

Figure 2 represents a section through the finger-bar and dropper, withthe-main frame audits several parts in elevation. i

Figure 3 represents a view in elevation from the outside ofthe cuterdivider, showing the outside supportingwheel, and means of hanging andadjusting it. v

My invention consists in the particular manner of so connecting thedropper Aby means of rods, rock-shaft, and levers, with the main frame,as that the driver from his seat, by a long lever extending thereto, mayoperate said dropper by his hands, or by his feet, through a treadleseparately connected, or by both at the s ame time, as may beconvenient.

As my invention relates to the dropper alone, I shall particularlydescribe it, and omit any further description of the machine than isactually necessary -to showthe working of the dropper, the machine beingsuiciently shown in the drawings for an understanding of itsconstruction and general operation.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The drivers seat, A, is located upon the platform B, that usually coversthe main frame C and workinggear of the machine. The dropper, as it istermed, consists of a bar, D, pivoted in rear of the finger-bar E, sothat it can swing ou its pivots, and having secured to it a seriesoffingers, F, projecting from it rearward. To the outside fingers of theseries the two ends of a bail, a, are hook-ed by rings or dead-eyes, asat b b, the arms of said bail passing through guides c, cr againstfriction-rolls d, to giv'e them free and unchecked motion as the dropperis raised up or let down. On the end of the bar D next the main framethere is fastened a lever-arm, e, to the upper end of which one end di'a rod,f, is connected, the other end of said rod being connected at g toa long, bent lever, h, the upper end ot' which terminates in a handle,z', in close proximity to the drivers seat, so that the driver thereinmay readily seize and operate it. This lever L maybe so bent as to formthe rock-shaft j, which rolls in the bearings k"c when the lever isoperated, or if the rock-shaft 7' be made of a separate piece, thenthelever L is connected' to it. And the lever may be so further extendedand bent as to form an arm, Z, which arm is connected to a hingedfoot-lever, m, on the platform, (so that thedriver may, when in hisseat, place his foot on said lever,) by means of a rod, fn. When,however, a separate rockshaft, j, is used, then this arm l may be a partof said rock-shaft, or attached to it, as may be found most convenient;or the pieces It ij l may be all formed o ut of one rod, suitably bent,-and as shown/ in the drawings.

The driver, in his seat, may raise and let down the dropper at pleasure,by using, if he pleases, one or both 0f the levers t m, the former bythe hand and the latter by his foot. When the dropper goes down todeliver the grain upon it the bail by the same operation rises up tolhold the rfalling straw and keep it separate from that which is beingdelivered on to the ground. When the dropper is raised up, the bail bythe same operation falls down, and delivers what grain it hadA caught,andheld whilst up, on to the dropper, whence it is delivered on to theground, as before stated. y

Having thus fully described the nature, object, andpurpo'se of myinvention, what I claim, is-

So uniting the dropper by means of rods -and levers to the hand-lever z'orL, andl to the footlever' m, as that the driver in his seat, by meansof a long lever extending up thereto, may work the dropper by his hand,or by his foot, through a separate connection, or by both together,under an arrangement of parts, substantially as herein described.

JACOB MILLER.

Witnesses DANL. Tonnen, J oHN ToNNER.

